Sunday, August 7, 2011

Finished Pastel Portrait of Nick, Maria Kovalenko Leysens


This is where I ended up with the pastel of Nick.
I ran into a paper issue and ended up spraying tons of fix, 
actually just a few inches from the surface for part of the background. 
I got some interesting drips and textures, that is hard to see in this image. 
18x20 inches

5 comments:

Christine Marx said...

Maria,

This is just beautiful! What a fantastic piece with wonderful light and shadows. Love the diagonal trees that run behind Nick. Everything just works so well together.

Debra Kreiger said...

Nice painting Maria..I love the textures you created.

Mary Beth Brath said...

Great piece Maria. Thanks for sharing your progress on the blog.

Cecelia Lyden said...

Such a great pose and facial expression.

Maria Kovalenko Leysens said...

thank you for all the nice comments. It was so nice to do a painting just to paint for a change.